Chapter 92

It was quiet dark, when she got to Chari’s house. The weather was gloomy as if it was giving a warning how everyone inside were. She knew Chari and Pryag would be happy to see her. She felt even Chari’s wife would be happy, from the time she came to know her son was ill, she had been showering her with affection, its not that she was mean to her before or anything like that, she had always been nice to her, but now she felt a warmth from her that she hadn’t felt before.

She rang the bell and as if everyone in the house were expecting her, almost all of them were happy to see her and invited her in. She could see the change in Chari’s face, from tense to relax. Pryag kissed her on her cheek and took her by hand into the family room. His sister was there and greeted her. Once she was seated comfortably, Chari started discussing about business and the mood in the room began to ease and she could see Pryag sigh with relief.

They discussed for a while about politics, business and so many other topics, and everybody was involved including Pryag’s brother-in law. No one realized that it was almost time for dinner. She had picked up some dessert on her way, since she was not interested in cooking and didn’t want to spend time in the kitchen with Chari’s wife. She knew that was an alien territory.